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Dorchester News DORCHESTER NEWS November 2015 FREE TO EVERY HOME IN THE PARISH There are so many ethical principles In this issue Talking Point involved in trying to understand what Abbey Calendar 28 The media seems to have been domi- is happening and how to respond that Abbey Christmas tree 7 nated over the summer by refugee it can be very confusing. An honoura- Advent weekend 5 issues. It’s good that attention is be- ble part of us wants to treat others Allotment News 7 ing paid to the plight of the vulnerable like ourselves, to follow Jesus' teach- Are you sitting comfortably? 15 and that attitudes seem to be gradual- Band of Music 21 ing, and open-heartedly invite refu- Benson Choral 9 ly changing from ‘how do we pull up gees and migrants to share the bene- the drawbridge’ and ‘how dare they Berinsfield library 11 fits available here. A fearful part can Bonfire Night 7/8 invade “our” space’, to concern for want the 'problem to go away', often Bus Services 27 lives being lost and sympathy for peo- by averting our eyes or trying to clas- CAB 23 ple feeling constrained to leave homes sify migrants as somehow less de- Charity Coffee Morning 19 and habitual livelihoods. I vividly recall serving than the settled community. Chiropodist 11 a docudrama made by the BBC a dec- A practical perspective can point to Christingle 3 ade or more ago about an 'invasion' Christmas Services 3 the capacity of our small island as a Computer Confidence 23 across the Mediterranean and the long-term environmental constraint. difficulties the European authorities Culham Horticultural 7 An entrepreneurial spirit can welcome Didcot Gift Fair 23 had handling what was happening. It the talents and drive of those who Didcot Street Fair 23 made a connection for me at the time have had the ingenuity to brave the DoT Tots 11 because I had been working among journey and the skill to solve its problems. Earth Trust 13 the people who seemed to be por- A compassionate spirit can just want Family Service Orchestra 3 trayed and could see how much re- to relieve their suffering however we Fishmonger 13 search had gone into it. It seems so Focus on Historical Society 17 can. There is so much that we are Getting ready for Christmas 3 relevant again now that I am surprised presented with by the arrival of peo- there has been no reference to its Go Active 21 ple who appear as what philosophers Historical Society 9 prescience. call the Other: what we experience Host a student 19 Hurst Water Meadow 13 Before becoming a vicar I spent a through our TV screens as a pros- trate little figure on a beach or on the John Howell MP green 2 number of years as an aid worker, Langtree Sinfonia 21 including with Eritrean refugees sheltering street as an outstretched hand asking and questioning our self- Lorraine Lindsey-Gale green 2 in Sudan, and Cambodian refugees Memorial Service 3 returning from the camps in Thailand understanding. Mobile library 7 after the Pol Pot years to try to recom- Nicholas Treadaway 3 It has been fascinating over the sum- OSJ Voices 15 mence their former lives. It was illumi- mer to hear so many people start a nating and humbling to hear so many Parish Council green 1 conversation by naming the refugees Parish Registers 28 individual stories and to realise how among their own parentage, which Pre School 11 much people had endured and how breaks down the sense of otherness. Refuse Collections 27 much they had to offer. Some Eritre- In my case the Huguenot lineage is Regular events 28 ans had been in exile for more than still recalled with deep respect for Remembrance Sunday 3 twenty years yet still yearned to return those who permitted my forebears Royal British Legion 11 to their homelands in the dramatic Singing workshop 3 refuge from the conflicts of their time. Social Media Workshops 23 highlands or the fertile plains. Many I wonder what local Egyptians families would send a scout back to St Birinus School 11 thought when Joseph and Mary ar- Strauss Gala 13 their former village to check whether rived fleeing Herod (Matthew 3:14) Talking Point 1 homes were still standing and fields with a little baby who would grow to Thank you from Lesotho 19 free of landmines so they could plant share a hope-filled message with the Vigil for Migrants 3 crops to sustain themselves on their world. The problems we face now Village Hall draw 7 return. There was an immense ten- are age-old; the yearning for peace, Wallingford Art Club 25 sion while families waited for the Wallingford Corn Exchange 27 as St Augustine said over fifteen hun- Wallingford Flower Club 25 scout's return and from the faces of dred years ago, is fundamental and our local workers and their loved ones, Wallingford Gardening Club 25 perennial. Let us ask God to guide 25 we could tell whether good news or Wallingford Historical us deeper into his wisdom and peace Wallingford Museum 25 bad had arrived. It reminded me of in these difficult times. Wallingford U3A 25 Joshua being sent to check out the Revd. Paul Cawthorne WI 9 land of Canaan. 1 Dorchester News November 2015 Dorchester News Minor Injuries Editorial Team The Minor Injuries Unit at Abingdon Hospital, Marcham Road, is Ian Brace, Kathy Glass available every day from 10.00 am to 10.30 pm: 01865 903476. Copy Deadlines for Dorchester News A&E Advert Deadlines for Dorchester News The nearest A & E units are at the John Radcliffe Hospital in One week before copy deadline Oxford (01865 741166) and the Royal Berkshire in Reading (01183 225111) December/January 13 November Health Centre—Berinsfield Telephone number 01865 340558 February edition 8 January Clifton Hampden Surgery Those items in electronic form may be sent via e-mail attachment to Telephone Number 01865 407888 [email protected]. Anything people would like sent to newsletter editors for other churches in the Team should be sent to [email protected] Abbey Guest House Bookings Anyone wishing to hire the Abbey Guest House for private by the 9th of the preceding month. functions, meetings, exhibitions, etc, should contact Hilarie Magazine Advertising Costs Rogers on 01865 340007. Why not use this parish magazine to advertise your business, service, function, etc? There are ten issues per year with double Hire of Dorchester Village Hall issues in July/August and in Dec/Jan. For an eighth of a page To hire our Village Hall, please contact Brenda Edwards; the cost is £11.75, for a quarter page £23.50, for a half page [email protected], or telephone: £35.25 and just £47.00 for a full page. 01865 343062. Please telephone at least 24 hours in advance to arrange collection of the key. All charges are put towards the cost of the paper, printing and The Communal Lounge at Belcher Court postage of copies being sent outside the village. You may The communal lounge at Belcher Court is now available for rent. supply your own advert or we can produce the advert and Contact the Scheme Manager, Caroline Major, on 01865 343128. artwork for a fee. Should you wish to incorporate a logo or artwork, please supply a copy, Street lighting - fault reporting Report any problems with a street light to 0800 317802, which is preferably via e-mail: [email protected]. One-time adverts, please send a cheque, payable to ‘Dorchester available 24 hours a day. Callers will be asked for the address of the site and the nature of the fault. Abbey PCC’, to Nick Forman, Willoughby House, 73 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HN. Complaints about highways and footpaths Ring Oxfordshire Highways on 0845 3101111, available five Editorial days a week, with a 24-hour answering facility. Complaints can Looking back at my editorial for April, I see that I wrote about also be sent via e-mail to [email protected]. spring flowers and the clocks going forward. Now that seems to be all over as we look forward to the first frosts ands the clocks Blocked Drains? resuming their winter time-keeping. But every season brings its Ring Thames Water for blocked drains on 0800 316 9800. own delights and the darkening of the leaves and their changing Callers will be asked for the postcode of the address where the to yellows and browns is just as uplifting. I have smelt the first drains are blocked. wood smoke from a neighbour’s chimney, and know that it won’t be long before we are hunkering down in front of our own log Refuse collection Any residents whose household rubbish is not collected on the fire. due date (see page xx) should contact the contractor direct. The number to call is 03000 610610 and the website November brings other delights, too. For the first time in many www.morerecyling.co.uk years there will be a Village Firework Display on the recreation ground (page 8). As well as a bonfire and fireworks there is Berinsfield Library going to be food and drink to keep us warm, so let’s make this a Green Furlong, Berinsfield 01865 340771 real occasion to remember. Free Internet access. DVDs can be ordered. Opening hours Later in the month we have the pantomime that is Camelot, from Mon - closed Tues, Wed, Fri 10.00 am –12.30 pm DADS. This may not be a traditional panto but it sounds great Tues 2.00–7.00 pm Weds, Thurs 2.00–5.30 pm fun with which to kick off the winter.
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